For the past several months, news of the reauthorization of and potential amendments to Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has had policy and privacy professioals on their toes. FISA Section 702, which authorizes limited warrantless surveillance of certain communications, ...

With the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium just around the corner, I wanted to give you a few good reasons to attend. Top of the list for me this year is the Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture by the remarkable Boston University School of Law professor Woodrow Hartzog, who we are fortunate to have as a headline...

There are more than 70 references to certification, covering privacy by design, data transfers to processors, adequacy of technical and organizational measures, and international data transfers, in the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The European Data Protection Seal is a GDPR-certification ...

European Center for Certification and Privacy co-Chair Sébastien Ziegler writes about how to reduce risks and qualify for the European Data Protection Seal under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. He broke down the process for certification to two major steps as well as the benefits of seeki...

Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, said it disagreed with the proposal to modify the Civil Protection Act due to personal data processing implications. Datatilsynet said the changes would allow "personal data collected in crisis situations to be further processed for incompatible purp...